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“Chinatown Wars is much bigger than anything we have ever done before [in terms of scope]: more odd jobs, deeper missions, and more moments of over-the-top action. We have a huge interaction with the Rockstar Social Club, a massive [narcotics trafficking] game that would stand alone on its own. The list goes on and on; this thing is huge. We are very proud of all of the PSP games we have made, especially the two GTA games, but this game is far bigger.” – Rockstar Leeds president Gordon Hall

Rockstar Leeds definitely seems to be a capable of replicating the GTA experience on the DS, even though this is their first experience with the system. Still, I’m a bit shocked that Mr. Hall has stated that Chinatown Wars is bigger than the company’s work on the PSP titles.

Source: Nintendo Power

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Videos

Blue Dragon Plus Info Video
PT: Cooking – Supermarket Spree & Cook Off!
Wii Music Tips 7: Wii Music Master Class
Skate It Multiplayer Video
Wario Land: Shake It! Tips 2
Boogie Superstar Info Video
Cooking Mama: World Kitchen Club Sammich
Rock Band 2: Silversun Pickups Featurette
FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play Video 2
Age of Empires: Mythologies Video 3
Tiki Towers Info Video
Fun! Fun! Minigolf Info Video
Digest Video

Demos (Expire 12/28)

Personal Trainer: Cooking Lasagna Demo
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero
Soul Bubbles Demo
Amazing Adventures: The Forgotten Ruins Demo
Lock’s Quest
MySims Kingdom

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The Nintendo DSi was released into the wild was released into the wild in November. Since then, the portable has continued to top the hardware charts in Japan. Unsurprisingly, the handheld has already reached a milestone with more than one million units sold. To date, 1,062,416 DSi hardware units have been sold. In general DS sales numbers, 24,859,874 units have been sold.

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LW TW Title Format Label Publisher
1 1 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 2 DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
4 3 WII PLAY WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 4 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 5 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
5 6 WII FIT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
26 7 FIFA 09 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 8 LITTLEBIGPLANET PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
7 9 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
8 10 GEARS OF WAR 2 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT

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Remember: Games like Zack & Wiki were released in Europe this year.

1 – Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
2 – Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii)
3 – Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
4 – Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)
5 – Okami (Wii)
6 – Advance Wars: Dark Conflict (DS)
7 – Soul Bubbles (DS)
8 – Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii)
9 – de Blob (Wii)
10 – No More Heroes (Wii)
11 – Mega Man 9 (WiiWare)
12 – The World Ends With You (DS)
13 – Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
14 – Sonic Chronicles (DS)
15 – FIFA 09 All Play (Wii)
16 – Dr. Mario & Germ Buster (WiiWare)
17 – Boom Blox (Wii)
18 – Space Invaders Extreme (DS)
19 – Trackmania DS (DS)
20 – We Love Golf (Wii)
21 – Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise (DS)
22 – Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS)
23 – Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People (WiiWare)
24 – Call of Duty: World at War (Wii)
25 – Wii Fit (Wii)

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– 13 different background themes to listen to whilst you read (14 if you include ‘No BGM’!), e.g. Easy Listening, Beach, Airport and Summer Day.

– Change font size from small to large (small is probably more like a ‘medium’ – no strain on the eyes)

– Can choose to just show the current page number, or show page number and total pages (for those that want to know how long is left)

– Use either the D-Pad or L/R buttons to change pages (remember the DS is held sideways, like in Brain Training and Hotel Dusk to emulate a real book!)

– The DS orientation can be changed to suit left-handed people

– Local Wireless: Send a trial version to another DS (‘Send Trial’, ‘Send Book’, ‘Receive Book’)

– Wi-Fi: Download New Books (ten available right now – seems like there’s about 1MB of free space on the cartridge and the books are less than 100KB – took about six seconds to download a 70KB book and a further five to save it to the DS card), and Update Rankings (book popularity – ranked by users of the game or categorised by ten different user-attributed criteria, such as ‘Exciting’, ‘Shocking’, ‘Profound’ and ‘Bizarre’)

– Tutorial: tap either edge of the touch screen to change page or slide stylus across screen to flip pages back and forth. Tap the bottom of the screen to bring up a scroll bar that lets you jump to whatever page you want. Tap the top of the screen to bring up a menu that lets you bookmark the current page (automatically removed when you go back in and change the page) or exit the book.

– Books that have been read will be highlighted with an ‘R’ on its spine in the selection screen.

– Quiz feature: The in-game owl asks several questions (‘What did you dream last night’, ‘What is your favourite colour’, etc) to determine what books will most likely be interest to the user (for me the three were ‘Tales of Mystery and Imagination’, ‘The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’!)

– Choosing books is as simple as going to the in-game bookshelf and using either the stylus (slower) or scroll bar at the bottom (faster) to browse what’s on offer. When a book spine is tapped on, its specific menu pops up, where users can read the book, learn more about it or learn about its author.

– Search and sort functions also exist by tapping the top of the screen in the bookshelf mode. Search Alphabetically, By Length, Genre, Era, My History, Ratings and/or Description. Sort by Author or Title.

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Best Buy

Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) – $39.99
Carnival Games: MiniGolf (Wii) – $29.99
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Wii) – $39.99
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (Wii) – $39.99
Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals (DS) – $19.99
Ben 10: Alien Force (DS) – $19.99
Zenses: Ocean (DS) – $14.99
Zenses: Rain Forest (DS) – $14.99

Circuit City

Skate City Heroes (Wii) – $19.99
My Fitness Coach (Wii) – $19.99
NCAA Football ’09: All Play (Wii) – $19.99
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Wii) – $19.99
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades (DS) – Free gift card with purchase

Target

Guitar Hero World Tour (2 guitars + game) – $88
Guitar Hero On Tour Box Set (DS) – $59
Tinker Bell (DS) – $25
The Cheetah Girls: Passport To Stardom (DS) – $25
Ultimate Band (DS) – $25
Bolt (DS) – $25
Spongebob Squarepants: Globs Of Doom (DS) – $25
Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals (DS) – $25
Clube Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (DS) – $25
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (Wii) – $39.99
Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) – $46